Jerry DeMarco

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Born in Newark and raised in Hudson County, Jerry DeMarco is a 38-year veteran of the news industry and a renowned breaking news reporter. He has covered local, county and state police, as well as the FBI, ATF and other federal agencies.

DeMarco joined Daily Voice in 2015 after six years running Cliffview Pilot, one of the nation's few independent breaking news sites. As an independent publisher, he helped establish Local Independent Online News, a national trade organization.

Prior to launching his own site, DeMarco served as a reporter for the Bergen Record, Stamford Advocate, Rockland Journal News, News Tribune, and Trenton Times.

DeMarco has won national recognition for his investigative work, including Clarion, Heywood Broun and Deadline Club awards. He's changed public policy and managed several major projects -- including one that helped put a corrupt public official in federal prison and another that forced a sitting New Jersey attorney general from office for her participation in a Bergen County traffic stop involving her boyfriend.

DeMarco regularly lectures at a graduate course in media relations at Fairleigh Dickinson University and previously was an adjunct professor at Lehman College in the Bronx. 

He has a Bachelor's Degree in English from St. Peter's University in Jersey City.

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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Ex-Con Dog Walker Had Pound Of Cocaine, Assault Rifle, More In Turnpike Stop: Bergen Prosecutor Ex-Con Dog Walker Had Pound Of Cocaine, Assault Rifle, More In Turnpike Stop: Bergen Prosecutor Ex-Con Dog Walker Had Pound Of Cocaine, Assault Rifle, More In Turnpike Stop: Bergen Prosecutor
Ex-Con Dog Walker Had Pound Of Cocaine, Assault Rifle, More In Turnpike Stop: Bergen Prosecutor An ex-con dog walker from Hudson County had more than a pound of cocaine, an assault rifle and multiple high-capacity magazines in an electronically operated secret compartment of his SUV when he was stopped near the Meadowlands, authorities said. Detectives with the Bergen County Prosecutor's Narcotic Task Force stopped a 2009 Toyota Rav4 driven by Mervin Menier, 50, of Union City for speeding on the New Jersey Turnpike in Carlstadt this past Tuesday, Oct. 18. The investigators had been tipped off by the DEA that Menier was “transporting bulk shipments” of drugs and cash int…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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Carjacker Shot By Paterson Detective Was Armed With Blank Pistol: NJ Attorney General Carjacker Shot By Paterson Detective Was Armed With Blank Pistol: NJ Attorney General Carjacker Shot By Paterson Detective Was Armed With Blank Pistol: NJ Attorney General
Carjacker Shot By Paterson Detective Was Armed With Blank Pistol: NJ Attorney General A 33-year-old motorist shot and killed by Paterson police was armed with what police later found was a blank pistol as he tried to seize other vehicles after fleeing a crash on foot, authorities said. Hui Zhang, 33, of Pensacola, FL, was identified as the man who died in the police-involved shooting on Oct. 10. Zhang was involved in a collision in the area of Straight and Van Houten streets at 4:12 p.m. that day, according to a release from New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin's office. Zhang "ran from the scene" and "attempted to enter multiple other vehicles, armed with what a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fairfax, VA
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Former Norfolk State Basketball Player Charged In Beating Death Of Twin Baby Former Norfolk State Basketball Player Charged In Beating Death Of Twin Baby Former Norfolk State Basketball Player Charged In Beating Death Of Twin Baby
Former Norfolk State Basketball Player Charged In Beating Death Of Twin Baby The mother of a 7-week-old infant who was beaten to death and a twin who was critically injured three years ago this week has been charged in connection with the case, authorities announced. Raeshonn Corbo, a 30-year-old former Norfolk State University basketball player living in northern New Jersey, was charged with first-degree aggravated manslaughter, aggravated assault and child endangerment. Raeshonn CorboBCJ The children’s father, Jonathan Melendez, has been awaiting trial on similar charges. Corbo was taken into custody on Thursday, Oct. 20, after a grand jury in Hackensack retu…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
Mom Of Dead Teaneck Twin Charged With Aggravated Manslaughter Mom Of Dead Teaneck Twin Charged With Aggravated Manslaughter Mom Of Dead Teaneck Twin Charged With Aggravated Manslaughter
Mom Of Dead Teaneck Twin Charged With Aggravated Manslaughter The mother of a 7-week-old Teaneck infant who was beaten to death and a twin who was critically injured three years ago this weekend has been charged in connection with the case, authorities announced. Raeshonn Corbo, a 30-year-old Englewood native who was once a promising local high school basketball player, was charged with first-degree aggravated manslaughter, aggravated assault and child endangerment. The children’s father, Jonathan Melendez of the Bronx, has been awaiting trial on similar charges. Corbo was taken into custody on Thursday, Oct. 20, after a grand jury in Hackensack ret…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Newark, NJ
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Commuters, Others Warm Up With Port Authority Police At 'Coffee With A Cop' Commuters, Others Warm Up With Port Authority Police At 'Coffee With A Cop' Commuters, Others Warm Up With Port Authority Police At 'Coffee With A Cop'
Commuters, Others Warm Up With Port Authority Police At 'Coffee With A Cop' Lines were long at Newark Airport one recent morning, but not for the usual reason. Port Authority police put a twist on the "Coffee With a Cop" initiative by taking java and donuts directly to the public. Instead of meeting with community members at a local coffee shop, the PAPD fanned out to the area transportation hubs that the men and women in blue protect. Port Authority police "Coffee With A Cop" at Newark International Airport.PORT AUTHORITY PD Sweetening the morning Joe were safety and crime prevention tips and other information provided by PAPD command members at: Newark, JF…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Blues-Rock Great Billy Gibbons Visits Les Paul Museum, Hangs With Mahwah Mayor Blues-Rock Great Billy Gibbons Visits Les Paul Museum, Hangs With Mahwah Mayor Blues-Rock Great Billy Gibbons Visits Les Paul Museum, Hangs With Mahwah Mayor
Blues-Rock Great Billy Gibbons Visits Les Paul Museum, Hangs With Mahwah Mayor Billy Gibbons was headed to Atlantic City for a ZZ Top show when he made a pilgrimage of sorts to Mahwah. The co-founder of the seminal Texas blues-rock band wanted to visit the Les Paul exhibit at the Mahwah Museum, catch up with township Mayor Jim Wysocki and help his fellow guitarist with a documentary about the mayor's longtime friendship with the legendary Paul. Wysocki presented Gibbons with the key to the township, along with a prized possession from his own impressive collection: a pick that once belonged to another guitar legend, Django Reinhardt. "You can't give this to me," the…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Administrator, Managers Out At Bergen Courthouse, No Reasons Given Administrator, Managers Out At Bergen Courthouse, No Reasons Given Administrator, Managers Out At Bergen Courthouse, No Reasons Given
Administrator, Managers Out At Bergen Courthouse, No Reasons Given Mystery surrounds the departure of several administrators from the Superior Court in Bergen County. Trial Court Administrator Laura Simoldoni took a leave of absence in anticipation of retirement next year, multiple sources said. Civil Division Manager Kathleen Stylianou, Assistant Civil Division Manager Vincenza Bruno and a second assistant whose name wasn't immediately available also left their positions on Oct. 11, the sources said. Pete McAleer, a spokesman for the state judiciary told the New Jersey Law Journal that the departures didn't involve any criminal behavior. However, he did…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Middletown, NJ
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Police Justified In Shooting Jersey Shore Drugstore Robber Who Stabbed Officer, Grand Jury Says Police Justified In Shooting Jersey Shore Drugstore Robber Who Stabbed Officer, Grand Jury Says Police Justified In Shooting Jersey Shore Drugstore Robber Who Stabbed Officer, Grand Jury Says
Police Justified In Shooting Jersey Shore Drugstore Robber Who Stabbed Officer, Grand Jury Says UPDATE: Police were justified in shooting an ex-con who’d stabbed a Keansburg lieutenant with a large knife while holding a pharmacy worker hostage during a robbery, a state grand jury ruled. James Sutton, 55, of Keansburg, was holding up the Keansburg Pharmacy in Keansburg Plaza on Main Street when officers responding to multiple 911 calls arrived shortly before 3:30 p.m. on Jan. 6, 2022, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said. Sutton had “demanded oxycodone, and was holding a pharmacy employee at knifepoint,” Platkin said. Two officers deployed their Tasers with no effect, t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Bullet Fired Through Bank Window, Route 208 Closed Bullet Fired Through Bank Window, Route 208 Closed Bullet Fired Through Bank Window, Route 208 Closed
Bullet Fired Through Bank Window, Route 208 Closed Route 208 was temporarily shut down in both directions after someone apparently fired a shot through the window of the Bank of America building in Glen Rock. Police found a bullet hole in the fourth-floor window at the bank's wealth management and private banking office building on Harristown Road around 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 20. "The employee assigned to that office was not at work, and no one used the office during the day," Glen Rock Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. "There were no injuries, and it has not yet been determined what time the incident occurred," the chief said. The Ber…

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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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UPDATE: Two Vehicles Hit Pedestrian Trying To Cross Route 17 UPDATE: Two Vehicles Hit Pedestrian Trying To Cross Route 17 UPDATE: Two Vehicles Hit Pedestrian Trying To Cross Route 17
Update: Two Vehicles Hit Pedestrian Trying To Cross Route 17 Two vehicles hit a man as he tried to cross dark, busy Route 17 in Ramsey, authorities said. Described only as in his 20s, the victim was wearing dark clothing when he tried to make his way across the highway roughly a half-mile south of the Lake Street overpass shortly after 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 19, Ramsey Police Chief Brian Lyman said. Where he was headed wasn’t clear. He was struck in the southbound lanes by two vehicles, the chief said on Thursday. “The operators of both vehicles, as well as multiple witnesses, stopped and remained” at the scene, Lyman said. Police temporarily c…

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